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Transcribed - Published: 17 August 2025

Thursday, August 17th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: a former fundraiser for George Santos has been indicted for impersonating Kevin McCarthy’s chief of staff; a transcript of the hearing about the Trump Twitter account search warrant has been unsealed; Fulton County DA sets arraignment for September 5th and requests a March 4th trial date; the judge who approved the raid on a Kansas newspaper has a history of DUI arrests; President Biden will visit Maui next week; the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals puts a hold on mailing mifepristone; abortion rights have won in every election since Roe v Wade was overturned; plus Allison and Dana read your good news.

Transcribed - Published: 17 August 2025

Friday, August 16th 2024 Donald Trump asks Judge Merchan to postpone his sentencing until after the election; RFK Jr told Kamala Harris that he would drop out and endorse her if she’d give him a job in her administration; Governor Phil Murphy is set to appoint his former chief of staff George Helmy as outgoing Senator Bob Mendendez’ replacement; five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death; Democrats are trying to block the Green Party from the ballot in Wisconsin citing legal issues; Kamala Harris is set to announce a federal ban on corporate price gouging; the Biden Harris Administration announces the first round of negotiated drug prices; JD Vance said on Twitter that he’s willing to do two debates with coach Walz; undercover reporters posing as Republican donors have proof that trump is inextricably linked to project 2025; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 16 August 2025

Friday, August 15th, 2025 Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announces a special election in California to fight back against Republican gerrymandering in Texas; a DC man who threw a sandwich at law enforcement was a Department of Justice employee; an inspector general report finds severe shortages at VA hospitals; Kari Lake defends her Voice of America cuts as lawmakers warn her she overstepped; the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sides with Black Louisianians by striking down their racists state legislative map; Trump announces his Kennedy Center Honorees and says he might include himself among them; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2025

Thursday, August 14th, 2025 Today, it appears that Russia is responsible for the hack of the federal court system; the US deficit has increased to $291B despite Trump's tariff promises; immigration agents on Monday detained a disabled 15-year-old student at gunpoint outside a Los Angeles high school; the bench trial in the case brought by Gavin Newsom alleging the Trump administration has violated the Posse Comitatus Act has ended and Judge Breyer should issue a ruling soon; the president says he will ask Congress for a long term extension of the federal occupation of the District of Columbia; Gavin Newsom will give a press conference today at 1130 AM Pacific Time regarding redistricting; the Congressional Budget Office is out with a score on the Billionaire Bailout Bill and it’s just as we suspected; Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer called my reporting a rumor on twitter, and i have a response; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 14 August 2025

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 Today, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the Arkansas ban on gender affirming care; bigot Kim Davis has asked the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality; a federal judge has ordered improved conditions for immigrants detained at 26 Federal Plaza; how the State Department grappled with the release of a triple murderer in the CECOT prisoner exchange; Trump’s new jobs numbers guy suggests suspending monthly job reports; Putin visits Alaska as talks swirl about a new Trump Tower Moscow; core inflation continues to rise in the United States; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urges prosecutors to jail Beto O'Rourke; Sherrod Brown announces his bid for Senate in 2026; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 13 August 2025

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025 Today, Trump has federalized the Metropolitan Police Department and deployed the National Guard in the District of Columbia; Governor Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against Trump’s deployment of the military in Los Angeles as a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act is underway in California; Senator Whitehouse has written to the Bureau of Prisons asking for documents regarding Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a minimum security facility; Judge Engelmayer denies Trump's motion to unseal the Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts; the Trump administration is going to put FBI agents on night patrol in Washington; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025

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Transcribed - Published: 11 August 2025

Thursday, August 8th 2024 The Georgia Election Board gives local officials new powers to investigate election results; the Trump judge in Alaska that resigned over sexual assault allegations is impacting at least 21 cases; despite new criticism; Trump told Walz in 2020 he was 'very happy' with his handling of George Floyd protests; we will fact check Vance’s attack on Tim Walz’s military record; how Lahaina’s 150 year old banyan tree is coming back to life; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Our GuestBen Folds

Transcribed - Published: 10 August 2025

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: the FBI has executed a raid on Trump’s residence at Mar-a-lago in Florida; the Department of Justice alludes to possible criminal conspiracy indictments in their latest filing in the Eastman case; Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers have been sentenced to life in prison by the DoJ under hate crimes statutes; the Trump real estate firm Cushman and Wakefield has handed over 36,000 documents to the NYAG; Alex Jones’ text messages have been handed over to the 1/6 committee; the Michigan Attorney General is calling for a criminal investigation in a case involving a Trump backed opponent; and Rudy Giuliani has asked for a last minute delay of his Fulton County Grand Jury deposition citing health issues; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2025

Friday, August 8th, 2025 Today, nearly 2M are on unemployment - the highest number since the pandemic; the Air Force is denying retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from service; the US plans to ease human rights criticism of El Aalvador, Israel, and Russia; the VA just terminated union contracts including nursing; top Trump officials planned their Epstein cover up at the White House Wednesday night; Trump delayed a Medicare change after a private health company donation; the federal court filing system has been hit with a sweeping hack; immigrants who are crime victims awaiting visas now face deportation; a federal judge halts new construction at the Everglades concentration camp; and Jen Pawol will make history this weekend as the first woman to be an umpire in a regular-season Major League Baseball game; and Allison delivers the good news. Dana is out and about.

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2025

Thursday, August 7th, 2025 Today, Sections 9 and 10 of Article One of the Constitution were removed from the Library of Congress website in what the Trump Administration called a “glitch”; a bomb threat prompted an evacuation of the hotel where Texas Democrats are staying in Chicago; top Trump officials are meeting Wednesday night to discuss how to move forward with the Epstein cover up; Putin puppet Tulsi Gabbard ignored warnings from the CIA about releasing the Russia files; a former worker at the Florida concentration camp describes inhumane conditions; DHS removes the age cap on ICE agent applications; a person is in custody after a mass shooting at Fort Stewart claimed five lives; RFK Jr cancels nearly $500M in MRNA vaccine contracts, and Trump threatens to federalize the District of Columbia after two teenagers beat up the big balls DOGE guy; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 7 August 2025

Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 Today, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell file letters with the court over the possible release of grand jury transcripts; ICE floated the idea of paying bounties for deportations but rescinded the idea after journalists reached out for comment; FEMA floated the idea of denying emergency preparedness grants to states that boycott Israeli companies but quickly rescinded that as well; the White House is preparing an order to punish banks that refuse to work with fascist;, Texas Republicans fail again to move forward with redistricting after Democrats protest by denying them a quorum; Trump caves on requiring Rupert Murdoch to be deposed early in his lawsuit against the WSJ; Jim Comer has issued subpoenas in the Epstein files case; the DOJ has a recording of the two day witness tampering session between Ghislaine Maxwell and Todd Blanche; for the first time in the Culinary Union’s 90-year history, all major casinos on the Las Vegas Strip are unionized; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 6 August 2025

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025 Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott orders police to find and arrest Democrats who fled over redistricting; the White House has no plans to protect IVF breaking yet another campaign promise; the US may require visa applicants to post a $15,000 bond pricing many out of the process; the New Hampshire Republican governor has signed a law banning gender affirming care for minors; the president of Harvard says the school is NOT considering a $500M settlement with the Trump administration; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025

Monday, August 4th, 2025 Today, party preference in the US has shifted back to the Democrats for the first time since 2023; Virginia Giuffre's family responds to Trump’s admission that she was trafficked from Mar a Lago; trump always chickens out - he pauses Mexico tariffs for another 90 days; the DC Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility has recommended Jeffrey Clark be disbarred; the Navy reverses its decision to stop sharing weather data at the last minute; the Florida attorney general issued a subpoena to a bar to get the names of people who participated in a drag show; we have more details on California’s plan to redraw voting maps in response to Texas; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 4 August 2025

Thursday, August 4th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: Alex Jones’ attorney accidentally hands over the entire contents of his phone to the Sandy Hook lawyer; the January 6th committee is prepping to subpoena the Sandy Hook lawyers for the phone; the Department of Justice has subpoenaed White House counsel Pat Cippollone and deputy White House counsel Pat Philbin; the Department of Justice has sued Peter Navarro to hand over all communications he sent and received using a private email account; and President Biden signs an executive order for Medicaid to pay for out of state abortions; plus Allison delivers your Good News. Follow our guest on Twitter: Amanda Litman

Transcribed - Published: 2 August 2025

Friday, August 1st, 2025 Today, party preference in the US has shifted back to the Democrats for the first time since 2023; Virginia Giuffre's family responds to Trump’s admission that she was trafficked from Mar a Lago; trump always chickens out - he pauses Mexico tariffs for another 90 days; the DC Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility has recommended Jeffrey Clark be disbarred; the Navy reverses its decision to stop sharing weather data at the last minute; the Florida attorney general issued a subpoena to a bar to get the names of people who participated in a drag show; we have more details on California’s plan to redraw voting maps in response to Texas; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2025

Thursday, July 31st, 2025 Today, Emil Bove is confirmed to the Third Circuit after it’s revealed the DoJ IG lost whistleblower complaints; CBS unveils new inconsistencies with the Epstein jail video; the House Oversight Committee has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's demand for immunity in exchange for her testimony; the Trump regime has scrapped its plan to impound health and research funding; a new Texas district map adds five safe Republican House seats; Kamala Harris announces she is not running for governor of California; 12 Democratic members of Congress are suing ICE for access to internment camps; the DOJ has filed its brief to get the Epstein grand jury materials and it’s only for 2 witnesses; Schumer invokes a rarely used law to get at the Epstein files; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2025

Wednesday, July 29th, 2025 Today, Trump told the press that the real reason he ghosted Epstein is because Epstein stole Virginia Giuffre from him; the FBI and DOJ have the missing minutes from the Epstein jail video; Chuck Schumer calls on the FBI to complete a threat assessment of the Epstein files; the Trump administration will rescind the 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health; the former Ohio police officer who shot Andre Hill has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison; as i feared - federal data has been disappearing under Trump; Harvard is said to be open to bending the knee to the administration; second and third whistleblowers come forward with evidence that Emil Bove lied to Congress; a scientist with a green card was detained for a week without explanation; a shooter killed three in midtown Manhattan before turning his gun on himself; another three are dead and several injured after a shooting in Reno; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2025

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025 Today, Senators Durbin and Whitehouse demand tapes of Todd Blanche’s witness tampering meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell; a Texas man sues a California doctor testing a new angle to crack down on abortion pills; another federal judge blocks the Trump administrations attempts to defund Planned Parenthood; Democrat Roy Cooper launches a bid for the North Carolina Senate seat while Republican Mike Collins throws his hat in the ring to challenge Ossoff in Georgi;, Lauren Boebert’s son has been charged with child abuse; Doctor Phil’s anti-woke network files for bankruptcy; in a landmark ruling a Ukrainian court recognizes a same sex couple as family; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2025

Today, House Democrats asked the Epstein estate to hand over the Epstein birthday book;. New York's Kathy Hochul opens the door to redrawing house lines; one of the 10 Americans Trump traded Venezuela for the men in CECOT is a convicted murderer; a Vermont school superintendent was detained and held by ICE for hours; a judge throws out Trump's sanctuary city lawsuit against Illinois; Bible guy, an anti-porn guy, Oklahoma School Superintendent Ryan Walters was caught with porn on screen during a meeting; Elon Musk did, in fact, order Starlink to shut down during a Ukrainian incursion; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2025

Wednesday, July 24th 2024 Fact checking claims and combating misinformation about Kamala Harris; the Trump Campaign has filed a complaint with the FEC over Harris taking over the Biden war chest; the Harris Campaign has requested VP vetting materials for a short list of potential candidates; the Trump Campaign is second guessing their choice of JD Vance; Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned her position in the wake of the assassination attempt; President Biden is COVID negative and will address the nation tonight at 8 PM ET; Senator Menendez says his last day in the Senate is August 20th; a conversation with Tennessee Rep Gloria Johnson and her campaign to beat Senator Marsha Blackburn; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Our GuestTennessee State House Rep. Gloria Johnson​​ (TN-90)Representative Gloria Johnson

Transcribed - Published: 26 July 2025

Friday, July 25th, 2025 Today, two days after signing a $1.5B deal with Paramount; South Park torches Trump and the network in the season 27 premiere; attorney for Epstein survivors Bradley Edwards tells Lawrence O'Donnell that the Epstein birthday book is with Epstein’s estate and can be easily subpoenaed; Columbia University bends the knee to the Trump administration; an appeals court finds that Donald’s birthright citizenship order is unconstitutional; the US quietly drafts a plan to end PEPFAR; the White House has denied Maryland's request for disaster assistance; Amy Sherald cancels her Smithsonian show citing censorship; Trump’s approval rating hits a new low; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 25 July 2025

Thursday, July 24th, 2025 Today, Judge Xinis bars ICE from detaining Mr. Abrego in Tennessee and Judge Crenshaw orders Mr. Abrego’s release on bond; The Wall Street Journal drops another bombshell reporting that Pam Bondi told Trump he was in the Epstein files two months ago; a DoD watchdog reports that Kegseth’s Signal chat messages came from an email marked classified; 140 members of the National Science Foundation have penned a letter of dissent amid fear of retaliation; Louisville Kentucky is changing its jail policy to get off the “sanctuary city list”; The Pentagon withdraws the Marines from Los Angeles; California’s Department of Motor Vehicles is seeking to ban Tesla from selling cars in the state because of how it presented automated driving; and Allison delivers the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 24 July 2025

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 Today, Mike Johnson has shut down Congress to avoid demands to release the Epstein files; former Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) detective Brett Hankison has been sentenced to 33 months in prison after he was convicted of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights; the FEMA search and rescue chief has resigned after frustration with the Texas flood response; the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted the block on removing temporary protected status for Afghans and Cameroonians; Judge Emmet Sullivan has ruled that the Trump administration has to stop violating public disclosure laws and publish Congressional apportionments; a new report alleges that migrants at an ICE jail in Miami were made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’; and Allison delivers the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 23 July 2025

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 Today, Trump removes the Wall Street Journal from his Scotland trip press pool; Donald’s second favorite island and another list; the new VA budget pushes to privatize healthcare for veterans; administration officials have been accused of defying about a third of the court orders against them; ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants; more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home and they’re telling their stories; Fox News’ Jesse Watters was forced into an embarrassing walk-back over his claims about Gavin Newsom; we finally know how much Martin Shkreli’s Wu-Tang album cost; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2025

Monday, July 21st, 2025 Today, Trump has filed a $10B lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal for publishing information about a birthday note Trump sent to Epstein; a judge has dismissed Trump’s lawsuit against Bob Woodward; CBS canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert three days after he slammed Paramount for settling with Trump over editing of the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris; ICE will get access to Medicaid enrollees' personal information; the EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm; Idaho agrees not to prosecute doctors for out of state abortion referrals; WNBA All-Stars don shirts that read ‘Pay Us What You Owe Us’ during the All-Star Game trophy ceremony; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 21 July 2025

Jul 17, 2024 President Biden could be set to announce major Supreme Court reform efforts including term limits; JD Vance has yet to accept debates with Vice President Kamala Harris; the DNC says its virtual roll call to nominate Biden will happen in early August; Elon Musk is moving Tesla out of California; Rudy Giuliani says he has no regrets over the damage he did to the lives of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss; Jack Smith files official notice with the 11th Circuit that he intends to appeal Judge Cannon’s decision to dismiss the charges against Donald Trump; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 20 July 2025

Jul 17, 2024 President Biden could be set to announce major Supreme Court reform efforts including term limits; JD Vance has yet to accept debates with Vice President Kamala Harris; the DNC says its virtual roll call to nominate Biden will happen in early August; Elon Musk is moving Tesla out of California; Rudy Giuliani says he has no regrets over the damage he did to the lives of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss; Jack Smith files official notice with the 11th Circuit that he intends to appeal Judge Cannon’s decision to dismiss the charges against Donald Trump; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 20 July 2025

Friday, July 21st, 2023 In the Hot Notes: weird courtroom drama between Judge Trevor McFadden, special counsel prosecutor John Windom and Trump mob consigliere Stanley Woodward; Marjorie Taylor Greene showed pornographic images of Hunter Biden during a committee hearing; a correction on mainstream reporting of the statutes in the Trump target letter; the ex head of the Georgia Republican party writes a letter to the DA Fani Willis asking not to be indicted; a Michigan Shelby township clerk has been stripped of election duties following his indictment for forgery in the fraudulent elector scheme; the Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced a SCOTUS ethics bill; plus AG and Dana deliver your Good News. Our Guest: Rep. Daniel Goldman

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2025

Friday, July 18th, 2025 Today, Senate Judiciary Democrats walk out of the room after Republicans violate the rules and push Emil Bove’s confirmation forward without debate; Judge Crenshaw sets a January 2026 trial date for Kilmar Abrego - provided he’s not detained and disappeared to a third country first; National Guard troops are questioning their deployment to Los Angeles as morale plummets; Trump’s Justice Department is recommending ONE DAY in prison for the officer that murdered Breonna Taylor; Senator Ron Wyden has uncovered over $1.5B in bank transactions from clients to Jeffrey Epstein; a new assessment shows Trump only destroyed one of the three Iranian nuclear sites; Trump has been diagnosed with CVI; and Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2025

Thursday, July 17th, 2025 Today, a federal judge held a hearing in Tennessee on the release of Kilmar Abrego from criminal custody; Democrats scramble to torpedo the confirmation of Emil Bove to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals; Trump continues to lash out over the Epstein files - this time attacking his base as stupid; the Department of Justice requests election data from state officials; the Pentagon retreats from Los Angeles; immigrant activists are suing to stop the arrests of people at their immigration hearings; Republicans are voicing concerns about the government funding bill but will probably vote for it anyhow; a landlord seeks to evict Representative Cory Mills for failure to pay rent. Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 17 July 2025

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025 Today, ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants are ineligible for bond hearings; Republicans move to block the release of the Epstein files; Mike Waltz faces Senate grilling over the Signal chat scandal; Trump pushes an unconstitutional mid-decade redistricting bid for Texas in an effort to keep the House; the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club issues a blistering cease and desist to the Trump regime over unlicensed use of their music; a federal appeals court blocks Trump from stripping Afghan nationals of their temporary protected status; and Republican Rep James Comer used autopen to sign the subpoenas in his investigation into Biden’s use of the autopen. Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 16 July 2025

Tuesday, July 15th, 2025 Today, the Trump regime is urging red states to build their own concentration camps and he’s going to send them your tax dollars to do it; the Wall Street Journal editorial board is weighing in on the Epstein saga; a Department of Justice inspector general report exposes the harmful use of restraints in prisons; the Supreme Court without explanation from the shadow docket has decided to allow Trump to flout Congress and dismantle the Department of Education; and the Miami Herald has obtained a list of the 700 detainees at the Florida concentration camp. Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2025

Monday, July 14th, 2025 Today, Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have lost control of the Epstein files narrative and Democrats in Congress are starting to demand answers; the State Department enacts widespread layoffs; Pam Bondi has dismissed the charges against the doctor that sold fake Covid vaccination cards; FEMA failed to answer thousands of calls during the flooding in Texas; Republicans erase all mentions of bisexual people from the Stonewall monument; a Border Patrol agent is facing criminal charges after assaulting a Long Beach police officer; a new ICE memo outlines plans to disappear people to third countries; a California farmworker was killed in a chaotic ICE raid; Democratic lawmakers toured Trump’s Florida concentration camp; and a judge blocks profiling tactics by ICE agents in California. Allison and Dana deliver the good news.

Transcribed - Published: 14 July 2025

Thursday, July 13th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: the Obama stalker has been detained pending trial; FBI director Christopher Wray testified before the house judiciary; Iowa Republicans pass a new six week abortion ban; lawyers with Supreme Court business paid a Clarence Thomas aide using Venmo; Ray Epps has filed his defamation suit against Fox News; the DOJ jumps into a Florida voting case; inflation falls for the 12th consecutive month to just 3%; Judge Amit Mehta acquits a January 6th rioter on all charges; plus AG and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 13 July 2025

Jul 12, 2024 Inflation declined in June for the first time since lockdown in May 2020; US and Germany foiled a Russian plot to assassinate an arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine; the Heritage Foundation was hacked by a group of self described gay furries; House Republicans fail spectacularly again as they don’t get the votes for inherent contempt for Merrick Garland; the IRS crackdown on millionaire tax cheats nets a billion dollars in revenue; fewer than 13% of Americans are making less than $15 per hour down from 32% two years ago; the Senate passes Senator Ossoff’s bill to improve oversight of federal prisons; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 12 July 2025

Friday, July 11th, 2025 Today, oh look! The witness the government provided in the Abrego case didn’t have knowledge of Abrego’s situation; Mahmoud Khalil is suing the government for $20M for false imprisonment - malicious prosecution - and defamation; the Texas flood response was slowed by DHS secretary Kristi Noem’s cost controls; Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alerts to the people; Judge Breyer has set an August 11 trial date for whether the government violated the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed troops to Los Angeles; a judge has blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship order in a new class action lawsuit; the documents and emails proving protected whistleblower Erez Reuveni’s account of Emil Bove instructing the DoJ to tell the court to fuck off have been released; Minnesota Senator John Hoffman is back at home recovering after being shot nine times by a political assassin; Ken Paxton’s wife is leaving him after 38 years for biblical reasons. Dana is out and about!

Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2025

Thursday, July 10th, 2025 Today, there’s another hearing in the Abrego case this morning after Judge Xinis ordered the government to produce at least one witness who knows what the hell is going on; Donald Trump tried and failed to use the 250 men in CECOT that he claims not to have custody over as bargaining chips in a prisoner swap with Venezuela; detainees in the Everglades concentration camp are subject to inhumane conditions; Congressional Democrats are pushing for a new watchdog to babysit the President; the Supreme Court *denies* Florida’s emergency request to let it implement a law barring undocumented immigrants from entering the state; the IRS says churches can endorse political candidates and maintain their tax exempt status; Linda Yaccarino quits Twitter; the Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way to ban conversion therapy. Dana is out and about!

Transcribed - Published: 10 July 2025

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court green lights Trump’s order for mass firings across government agencies; President Bukele tells the UN that he doesn’t have constructive custody of the men sent to his torture prison; Senator Schumer is demanding an investigation into Trump Weather Service vacancies and their impact on disaster response failures in Texas; a militia descended on MacArthur Park in Los Angeles for no other reason than to scare people; the DoJ’s release of the Epstein jail video is missing a full minute; Elon’s AI Twitter bot GROK has been reprogrammed to be a Nazi; a federal court has struck down a Republican ballot law in Kansas as unconstitutional; a judge temporarily blocks Trump from cutting off Planned Parenthood funding. Dana is out and about!

Transcribed - Published: 9 July 2025

Tuesday, July 8th, 2025 Today, plaintiffs in the lawsuit trying to facilitate due process for all the people trapped in CECOT have filed a bombshell court document on Judge Boasberg’s docket; first responders from Mexico Are helping Texas flooding while Ted Cruz vacations in Greece; six leading medical organizations are suing RFK Jr over his vaccine limitations; the Trump administration is refusing to release the Epstein files; FEMA is ending door to door canvassing in disaster areas; a Coast Guard swimmer who rescued 165 people from flooding in Texas is speaking out; Judge Paula Xinis holds a hearing to resolve outstanding issues in the Abrego case. Dana is out and about!

Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2025

Monday, July 7th, 2025 Today, at least 69 people are dead across five counties in Texas after massive flooding that hit as key roles were left vacant at local weather service offices by Trump cuts; the Defense Department says it will stop providing crucial satellite weather data; there’s a hearing today on Mr. Abrego’s amended complaint that includes his detailed description of his torture in CECOT;  Pete Hegseth unilateral stopped arms transfers to Ukraine and then lied about it; a rural Nebraska medical center says it plans to close because of uncertainty over funding cuts in the Billionaire Bailout Bill; Republican donors are cashing in on Florida’s concentration camp; the eight men trapped in Djibouti awaiting due process have been sent to war torn South Sudan; a six year old Honduran boy with leukemia who had been seized by ICE has been released and is back in Los Angeles. Dana is out and about!

Transcribed - Published: 7 July 2025

Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: America celebrates Independence Day with another mass shooting; the Oath Keepers defense to seditious conspiracy charges takes shape; Donald eyes another run for the White House in 2024; and experts say Hutchinson’s testimony shatters a Trump defense of no criminal intent; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow our guest on Twitter: Jason Kander

Transcribed - Published: 6 July 2025

In the Hot Notes: the illegitimate Supreme Court killed President Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan and gutted LGBTQ+ rights on Friday; the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Congressional Republicans must pay their mask fines; Fox News settled with Abby Grossberg for $12M; a January 6th defendant is arrested near Obama’s home with guns and 400 rounds of ammunition; a federal judge has ordered the Proud Boys to pay $1M to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church; plus AG and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 5 July 2025

Friday, July 4th, 2025 Today, the Billionaire Bailout Bill has passed the House after the Trump regime turns the Republican holdouts and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries filibusters the vote for over 8 hours; 20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials; a judge grants Mr Abrego’s request for an order reminding the government that it has to stop making extrajudicial statements; the Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that would ban transgender girls from girls sports; a man has been arrested for trying to bring a ghost gun into a Capitol office building; the Pico Rivera school board is demanding answers after they say video shows 10 ICE agents urinating in "public view" on high school grounds. Dana is out and about!

Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2025

Thursday, July 3rd, 2025 Today, an insurrectionist has been given a cushy job at the Department of Justice in the weaponization task force; the Justice Department explores bringing criminal charges against state election officials; a federal judge has blocked Trump’s ban on asylum; Mr. Abrego has filed his amended complaint on Judge Xinis’ docket; the University of Pennsylvania has revoked a transgender swimmers records in a deal with the Trump Administration; CBS and Paramount have bent the knee and agreed to pay Trump $16M; the Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down the state's 1849 near-total abortion ban; the private sector lost 33,000 jobs - nearly 150K short of expectations; the new Senate provision in the Billionaire Bailout Bill would throw 17M americans off health insurance; and Allison delivers your Good News. Dana is out and about!

Transcribed - Published: 3 July 2025

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 Today, JD Vance cast the tie breaking vote to pass the billionaire bailout bill which now heads back to the House for another vote, Donald Trump wants to use the espionage act against members of the media, a Reagan appointed judge says he will not tolerate retribution against witnesses in an upcoming trial about whether he will block the government from targeting student activists, a new study reveals that the elimination of USAID could result in 14M deaths over five years, an appeals court allows a previously detained researcher to remain free, Justice Alito takes pride in gay bashing from the bench, Mamdani is officially the winner of the NYC mayoral primary after ranked choice voting is tallied, and Allison delivers your Good News. Dana is out and about!

Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2025

Tuesday, July 1st, 2025 Today, as we feared, the Trump administration is building a national citizenship database; two firefighters are dead after a Coeur d’Alene man set a fire to lure them to the wilderness and then opened fire; two teen girls were shot near the Stonewall Inn after pride celebrations; Senator Thom Tillis shreds the Billionaire Bailout Bill now that he’s no longer running for reelection; the Trump administration is suing Los Angeles over sanctuary policies; the Supreme Court punts on the Louisiana redistricting case; after decades in the US Iranians are arrested by DHS; the DoJ announces plans to prioritize cases revoking citizenship; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

Monday, June 30th, 2025 Today, Republicans advance the Billionaire Bailout Bill in the Senate after promising hold-outs they could gut a provision of the Affordable Care Act as Tommy Tuberville calls for the parliamentarian to be fired; the Supreme Court kills the lower court’s ability to issue universal injunctions AND allows parents to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books; Donald Trump threatens to withhold payments to Israel unless their courts drop the charges against Bibi Netanyahu; Cuomo will stay in the New York City mayoral race after conceding to Zohran Mamdani; Don Bacon of Nebraska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina say they will not run in 2026; the President of the University of Virginia has resigned because of pressure from the Trump administration; Republicans in the Senate have blocked the Iran war powers resolution; the Trump administration has freed a three time felon and five time deported migrant in exchange for his testimony against Kilmar Abrego; Governor Gavin Newsom sues fox news for 787M dollars for defamation; over 100,000 people marched in a Budapest Pride event in defiance of Hungary's ban; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2025

Wednesday, June 29th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: explosive testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson during the last minute hearing on the 1/6 attack on the Capitol building; Ghislaine Maxwell is sentenced to 20 years in prison; There's no chance that Supreme Court justices could be charged with perjury during their confirmation hearings; Turkey has dropped its opposition of Finland and Sweden joining NATO; and filmmaker Alex Holder has been contacted by the Fulton County DA Fani Willis; plus Dana and Allison deliver your Good News. Follow our guest on Twitter: Randall Eliason

Transcribed - Published: 29 June 2025